Fence-post



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PENGE POST.

INVENTORZ I ATTORNEY.

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JAMES D. CAMPBELL, OF BELLE CENTRE, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,067, dated August 9, 1887. Application filed May 28, 1827. Serial No. 239,630. (No model.) 4

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, J AMES D. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belle Centre, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved fencepost, andis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a fence-panel, showing the improved post. Fig. 2 is a veriical cross-section showing a view of the post transverse to that seen in Fig. 1. Figs; 3 and 4 show different modifications or ways of passing the wire through the post as embodied in my invention.

The letter A designates the post, and B the rails of the panel. The improved post comprises two upright boards, A,whieh are separated from each other by aspace, 0, between. At the base or lower end of these boards a horizontal ground-bar, D, is secured,and made fast to each by nails e orothersuitable means.

A brace-wire, f, is attached to each end of the groundbar, and at each side inclines upward to the two upright boards and stays the parts. A douhle-pronged iron, G, is secured to the lower ends of the two upright boards, and has its pronged ends parallel and pointing downward. To obtain the best results at little cost, a hole, h, is made through the lower ends of the two uprightboards, and the U-shaped iron has the bend h, which connects the two prongs occupying the said hole, whereby the prongs are separated or spaced apart a distance equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the boards, and the alignment of the two prongs is in the direction of the length of the ground-bar D. The boards A set vertically, the bar D horizontally on the ground, and the two prongs G enter the ground. The ends of the rails B enter the space 0 between the two boards A, and may be secured in any desired manner.

I attach importance to the fact that the bend h of the U-shaped iron G has its bearing in the opening h of the post, and the upper portions of the prongs of said iron G have their bearings against the sides of the post at the lower ends thereof, whereby said lower ends of the post are clamped in the iron G, as above described, and serve to keep the parts together, the prongswhen driven into thegroundserving to prevent lateral movement of the post.

Thus constructed, the fence can be set up quickly, can be readily taken down and removed, and when set will be stable and firm.

In Fig. 3 the wiref is shown as secured to the outer side of the post by a staple placed a short distance below the opening through which the wire passes through the post. By this arrangementadditioual firmness is secured to the post. In Fig. 4 the wire is passed sev eral times through the post, as shown, thus preventing slipping or a backward and for ward movement of the fence thereon.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States A fencepost consisting of the two boards A, with opening h at their lower ends, and also having space a between them, the horizontal bar D, secured to the sides of said boards at or near the base thereof, the wire f, passing through the said boards and secured at its ends to the bar D, and the U-shaped iron G, with parallel prongs and bend h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. CAMPBELL. 

